When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS / by James Cross Giblin ; woodcuts by David Frampton.

Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advance...

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Main Author: Giblin, James Cross, 1933-2016.
Other Authors: Frampton, David (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, [1995]
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